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No. 293,663. 'Paten ne-d Feb,-19,--1884.

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CORNE R-IRON FOR CARRIAGE-SEATS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 293,663, dated February19, 1884.

' Application filed May 7, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARVEY A. MOYER, of Syracuse, county ofOnondaga,'and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Seat Corner-Irons for Wagons, Buggies, 850.; and Ido'hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the 'letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention consists, mainly, in constructing a seat-iron of a fiatmetallic strip of L-shaped form, with short ribs adapted to furnish theproper. metal for fastening purposes without coming in contact with theseatcushion. v

It consists, further, in the combinatiomwith the main corner-iron, of anauxiliary corneriron of specific, construction, located at the junctionof the base -board with the sideboard of the seat, at the front edge ofthe same.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of one end of awagon -seat, having my improved iron applied thereto; Fig. 2, a top Viewof the main corner-iron detached; Fig. 3, views of the auxiliarycornerirons detached, and Figs. 4 and 5 perspective views of the seatcorner-irons constructed with a shifting-rail.

A represents the seat, having the horizontal base-board a, of any properconstruction, the inclined back-board a, and the inclined side-board aas shown. The back-board a and the side-board a are united to thebackboard a at their lower edges in any proper manner, and these two arethemselves secured together at the corner by any proper fasteningdevices.

B represents the main corner-iron, consisting of a flat metallic stripof L-shaped form, the short arm I) of which is adapted to cover theupper edge of the back-board a for a proper distance near the corner ofthe same, and the long arm I) of which is adapted to cover the edge ofthe side-board a throughout its entire extent, and also to project overthe same both at the point b", at the front edge, and along the entireside, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 1. This iron, it will beobserved, is provided with a series of openings, by means of which itmay be strongly screwed to the edges of the back-board and side-board,asshown in Fig. 1.

b I) represent ribs, located upon the upper face of the irons, which areprovided with proper openings, as shown, for the irons of theshifting-rail, and also with projecting portions 1), adapted to extend ashort distance downthe back and side boards, as shown.

represents a boss, having an opening for one of the irons of theshifting-rail, which boss may be provided with a rib, b, with projectionb, if desired. This iron is strongly secured to the upper edges of theback and side boards by screws, as shown. The projections 12* are alsoproperly secured by screws, as shown.

0 represents the auxiliary corner-iron, consisting of a metallic striphavingtwo nearlyequal arms bent at an obtuse angle, and provided at theangle with a right-angled pr0-, jection, c, as shown.

I secured to the front edge of the base-board a and side-board a, at thejunction of the same, by means of screws, as shown. The projecnersurface of the base-board and the sideboard at the joint. By means ofthe series of screw-openings in connection with the ribs 12 b the ironis strongly secured to the edges of the seat.

By means of the short ribs b b the proper metal is furnished forfastening purposes withform, having the series of screw openings, andthe ribs b with short extensions, as and for the purpose described.

2. In combination with the main corneriron, the auxiliary corner-ironhaving the overhanging portion 0, as described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 3d day of April, 1883.

HARVEY A. MOYER.

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J. A. ALLIs, R. SHARP.

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out coming in contact with the cushion and tion a, it will be observed,overhangs the in- 1. The flat metallic. strip B, of L-shaped

